Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and the staggering majority have been ...

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This chemical bonded to opioid receptors in the mice's brains and triggered ... some research even suggests sugar's effect on ...

People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in ...

This means the compound avoids psychoactive side effects such as mood changes and isn't addictive because it doesn't act on the brain's reward center." Opioids dull the sensation of pain in the brain ...

And Texas, spurred by a crusading longtime former governor, has the upper hand in bringing Ibogaine to the United States.

The opioid epidemic has claimed more than half a million lives in the U.S. since 1999, about three-quarters of them men, according to the National Institutes of Health.

For centuries, people have used marijuana to treat pain, but its psychoactive effects (such as mood changes and cognitive ...